When authors dream of their literary labor of love landing at the top of a list, the one that identifies America’s banned books is certainly not what they have in mind.
And with South Carolina this year reaching a tally of 22 titles, leading the nation in the number of state-mandated school book bans, the odds are intensifying that a writer’s well-chosen words may well be barred from many shelves.
On May 6, the S.C. Board of Education voted to remove 10 books from all public schools for all grade levels, ratcheting the total books removed or restricted statewide in the Palmetto State’s public schools…